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BLING OR NO BLING?
Champy’s log body creates a good conditions it becomes difficult to keep
structure. However, he appears to be lightweight jigs on target in deep
sliding up behind me possibly to steal a water.
few fish or bite off my head, I’m not sure. Some years ago I decided to try a
(Jamie Vladyka photo) drop-shot rig to put minnows straight
down on the money. A drop-shot rig
is a single hook take-off of the old
jigging lures with a simple jig tipped Kentucky Lake rig using a colorful
with a fathead minnow. The jig could Mister Crappie Caster weight as the
be a 1/8, 3/16 or 1/4-ounce head, bottom sinker. This allowed increasing
with a hook size no larger than a #1. the weight to 1/4, 3/8, or 1/2-ounce if
The body is a simple 2-inch split-tail needed to keep the line vertical.
grub, small tube body or just a piece Recently I have eliminated the
of plastic worm cut to the length of the live minnow on the rig. Instead I use
hook. The plastic body serves as both a Bobby Garland Baby Shad on a
a color attractor and a minnow keeper 1/48-ounce Overbite Sickle Mo’Glo
to prevent the fathead from sliding Jighead. The jighead is attached with
down the hook shank. a double overhand loop knot in the
The jig is fished vertically, same fashion as a plain bait hook.
suspended amid crappies observed Baby Shad is the perfect imitation
on the screen. However, under breezy of a small baitfish, and it is available
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